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      Republic Bharat Reports Satire Thread On China Coup As Breaking News

      The Der Spiegel correspondent who posted the thread, confirmed in several replies that it was posted in jest, and also refuted the rumours about the coup.

      By - Archis Chowdhury |
      Published -  25 Sept 2022 8:55 PM IST
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      Republic Bharat Reports Satire Thread On China Coup As Breaking News

      Georg Fahrion - the Beijing correspondent for German news website Der Spiegel, tweeted out a satirical thread containing a series of images from Beijing, to joke about the rumours of a coup d'état against Chinese President Xi Jinping. However, Hindi news channel Republic Bharat used his tweets and images, and ran them as breaking news and exclusive report that apparently confirmed these rumours.

      The channel posted a 10-minute report on YouTube and Facebook, where it ran the images from Fahrion's thread, stating that reports are coming in of 'elite forces being deployed at Xinhua Gate, where Xi Jinping resides'.

      The rumours of coup d'état in China, and the house arrest of Chinese President Xi Jinping started spreading around the internet a day after China's Vice Minister of Public Security, Sun Lijun, was sentenced to death with a two-year reprieve, for challenging Xi's authority, just weeks ahead of Communist Party leadership congress.

      Fahrion, in several replies, confirmed that the thread was made in jest, and that he was joking about the coup d'état, that he claimed did not happen.

      Aditi Mehrotra, an India-based writer commented on Fahrion's thread with a link to Republic Bharat's post, saying, "A major Indian channel is showing all your photos LIVE as breaking news right now, using words like "elite forces". The sarcasm in your posts is clearly lost on them (or deliberate ignorance)". Fahrion replied saying, "Seriously?? Wow."

      Seriously?? Wow

      — Georg Fahrion (@schorselysees) September 25, 2022

      In yet another reply, he stated, "....that I made fun about rumors of a coup that didn't happen."

      Finally, after many users commented about how Republic Bharat had reported his satirical thread as breaking news, Fahrion tweeted, "Since an Indian TV channel is now "reporting" on this thread, let me repeat: Two things are infinite, the universe and man's stupidity."

      Since an Indian TV channel is now "reporting" on this thread, let me repeat: https://t.co/opmvoT8UDW

      — Georg Fahrion (@schorselysees) September 25, 2022

      Republic Bharat posted the 10-min long footage on Facebook and YouTube, where the anchors used the images by Fahrion

      The thread used phrases used by Fahrion in jest, like 'elite forces' to talk about a few security guards standing outside the Xinhua gate.


      Republic Bharat has been called out by BOOM multiple times in the past for misreporting. Click here and here to see a few examples of fact-check we did on such reports.

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      Claim :   Thread by Georg Fahrion confirms rumours of coup d'état against Xi Jinping in China.
      Claimed By :  Republic Bharat
      Fact Check :  False
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